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The Women’s Memorial Committee of the 

United Sons of Confederate Veterans 

and the 

Committee of Co-operation of the 

United Confederate Veterans 


Our Women in the War 
Memorial to the Women of the Confederacy 


To Confederate Veterans, Sons of Veterans, members of 
Memorial Associations, Daughters of the Confederacy, 
and all lovers of true history: 

Announcement is made that the above Committees, 
through Gen. C. Irvine Walker, their special represen¬ 
tative, of Charleston, S. C., will publish about May 1st, 
a supplement to one leading daily paper in each of the 
large cities of the South. These supplements will be de¬ 
voted to historic incidents and narratives, showing the 
deeds and sufferings of the women of the South during the 
War. Each paper will portray principally the deeds of the 
women of the State in which published. In Alabama the 
Birmingham Age-Herald , the Montgomery Journal, and an¬ 
other paper to be selected will issue supplements. 

Women’s Memorial 

The Sons of Confederate Veterans, aided by the Veter¬ 
ans, after a period of nearly forty years of peace, have de¬ 
termined to build a memorial which will in some slight meas¬ 
ure at least stand as an enduring testimony to the gratitude 
of the Southern people to the women of the Confederacy. 
Monuments have been builded here and there to the officers 
and to the men who fought in the Confederate ranks, but no 
monument has been erected to the women who were the in¬ 
spiration of the courage and devotion of the men in the field. 

Thomas Nelson Page pays them this beautiful and ap¬ 
propriate tribute: 

“There was perhaps not a doubtful woman within the 




limits of the Confederacy. While their lovers and husbands 
fought in the field, they performed the harder part of wait¬ 
ing at home. With more than a soldier’s courage they bore 
more than a soldier's hardship. For four long years they lis¬ 
tened to the noise of guns, awaiting with blanched faces but 
undaunted hearts the news of battle after battle; buried their 
beloved dead with tears, and still amid their tears encouraged 
the survivors to fight on. It was a force which has not been 
duly estimated.” 

The financial returns from the several supplements will 
be added to the funds being raised for the projected me¬ 
morial. 


Alabama Women. 

The part of Alabama women was no less conspicuous 
than that of their sisters in other States. It will be the spec¬ 
ial design of the editor to collect the scattered historical frag¬ 
ments and materials pertaining to them for permanent pres¬ 
ervation in the Alabama supplements. These devoted wo¬ 
men were more than equal to the emergencies of conditions 
the most trying. The General Assembly, Dec. 9, 1864, ten¬ 
dered them the thanks of the State, the joint resolution re¬ 
citing that the members were 

“Profoundly and gratefulljmmpressed with the lofty and 
patriotic spirit, the ardent devotion, and the unremitting la¬ 
bors and sacrifices of the noble women of the State in pro¬ 
viding for the wants and comforts of our gallant soldiers, 
and who by their labors of love, their patience of hope, and 
their unflinching constancy in our cause, have nerved our 
soldiers in the field, in their bloody and unequal contest 
with our cruel and unrelenting foe.*’ 

Historical Contributions Desired. 

The historical value of the supplements will depend up¬ 
on the interest shown in the contribution of suitable mate¬ 
rials by those to whom appeal is made. It is confidently ex¬ 
pected that every camp of Veterans and Sons of Veterans, 
every local Memorial Association, and every chapter of the 
United Daughters of the Confederacy, as well as all individ¬ 
ual members of these organizations, will promptly forward 
to the editor every incident and fact which they may have, or 
which they may be able to secure, relating to Alabama wo¬ 
men in the greatest of all wars. The character of materials 


desired will readily occur to all, but it may be stated gener¬ 
ally that nothing is unimportant which will in any way illus¬ 
trate or throw light upon the part of the women of our State 
in the trying years of the sixties. 

Old war time letters, newspaper clippings, scrap-book 
notes, war poetry, etc., etc., are particularly desired. 

Preparation of Contributions. 

It is hoped that no one will be deterred from sending in 
contributions because of supposed lack of literary ability. 
It is suggested that recollections or incidents be written out 
in the form of a letter to the editor, who will put everything 
in proper shape. In all that is written, full names, exact 
places and dates should as far as possible be given. 

Contributions or letters should be plainly written on one 
side of the paper only. Due credit will be given every one 
who may render assistance, unless otherwise desired. 

Co-operation Urged. 

Officers of Confederate organizations receiving this cir¬ 
cular are urged to have it read to their camp or chapter. 

All members of such organizations should send in some 
contribution. 

The papers of Alabama, which have always shown a 
deep and abiding interest in patriotic matters, are asked to 
publish this circular in their columns, and to appeal to their 
readers to co-operate in making a financial and historical suc¬ 
cess of the supplements. 

Several copies of the papers will be sent contributors. 
Copies will also be placed on sale. 

All data should be in hand not later than April 1. Ad¬ 
dress, for further particulars, 

Thomas M. Owen, Commander 
Alabama Division, U. S. C. V., and 
Chairman Editorial Committee 
for Alabama. 


Montgomerj% Ala., March 1, 1905. 


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